Study: Detroit Has Most Fatal Police Shootings

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May 16, 2000

DETROIT - Detroit has the highest rate of fatal police shootings among large U.S. cities, almost 21/2 times as high as New York and 11/2 times higher than Los Angeles, the Detroit Free Press reported Monday. It said Detroit had a rate of 0.92 fatal shootings per 100,000 residents. Second was Houston with 0.68. New York's rate was 0.39; Los Angeles' was 0.56. The results, part of a four-month investigation by the newspaper, were calculated from FBI statistics. Detroit, which has close to 1 million residents, had an average of 10 fatal police shootings a year from 1990-98, the newspaper said. New York, with 7.3 million residents, had an average of 28 during the same period.